I actually remember when we had a karma system and yes, its pointless. It becomes a dumb popularity contest like everything else and ends up making more issues. It also doesnt help at all.

In fact for that reason I sometimes wish they'd not show the post counts or join dates. Too many arguments start about whether the person is knowledgeable or had been here long enough or is too active to be helpful.

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Originally Posted by tommo123

what? you came from your fathers balls but he didn't stop existing once he dropped his load

The last time we had this it turned in to a cartel of a dozen posters constantly thanking each other. In an ideal world it would be a nice system to have, but the AT forums (particularly the social forums) are anything but ideal.

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